way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
something; some kind of; for some reason
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
the future; future prospects
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
decoration; ornament; trimmings
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
red; red kidney bean; sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin); bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
such ... as; or some such
only; merely; but; no more than
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
rather than; more ... than ...
vague; obscure; dim; indistinct; ambiguous